This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SEVERNS, SOVERNS, SWINDLER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IEC.2ACE/28.34.1 Message Board Post: Sandy, great to hear from you! My friend Alice Severns and I have an enormous amount of information on the Severns/Soverns lines. Hannah Soverns, b. 1790, prob. Monongalia Co., VA, was the dau/Joseph Severns/Soverns and Mary Southworth. Joseph, b. 20 June 1759, Hunterdon Co., NJ, d. 9 Feb 1848, Brown Twp., Knox Co., OH, m. Mary Southworth abt. 1780, prob. in Monongalia Co., VA, since there are records of her father being there. Mary was born abt. 1764 and died abt. 1808, since Joseph remarried Charity Unknown abt. 1808. Mary Southworth has a line going back to John and Priscilla Alden of Mayflower and beyond to European royalty. Drake Swindler is on the 1850 Census for Preston Co., WV, age 60, living with a Rebecca, age 60, Joseph, age 35, a teacher, and Rebecca, age 19. Apparently his first wife Hannah died before 1831, as dau/Rebecca would no doubt be named after his second wife, Rebecca. I would love to have any details beyond what you posted. Write me at fskeels! @aol.com and we'll discuss how I can best share more Severns/Soverns data. Patsy Skeels